Category: Competitions

  • Well done Mark!

    Congratulations to Mark Burgess winning the Wellington Champ of Champ Junior Singles today at Silverstream. Mark won the final 21-11 over Miramar’s Ian McLleod. Mark was down 7-10 but then won the next 7 ends to go up 19-10 and never looked back. Mark’s win has Victoria hit the front in the race to the…

  • Para triple take Silver!

    There was more than a sense of déjà vu for Barry Wynks (Manawatu) and Victoria’s Mark Noble when they lost the Para triples final, with Bruce Wakefield (Canterbury), to Australia 14-13 at the 21st Commonwealth Games on Australia’s Gold Coast on Thursday afternoon. The gutsy trio were beaten on Ken Hanson’s last bowl in the…

  • Well done Amber, Yvonne, Helen & Leigh!

    Congratulations to our club champ fours team of Amber Down, Yvonne Gibb, Helen King and Leigh Griffin coming runner up in the Wellington Champ of Champ Fours last weekend at Johnsonville. They lost the final 15-19 to the home Johnsonville side skipped by Paula Meredith. Our mens team of James Fairhall, Chris Nugent, Tim Toomey…

  • Well done Rich, Tim & Bradley!

    Congratulations to Bradley Down, Tim Toomey and Richard Corry winners of the Regional Club Mens Triples playoffs at the Victoria Club in Wanganui last week. Tim came in as a replacement for Ray Martin who was unavailable due to work commitments. Our side won all three games but were dependent on a last bowl winner…

  • Well done Jayden and Nairn!

    Congratulations to Jayden Ravji and Nairn MacGibbon for coming runner-up in the Wellington Easter 2-4-2 Pairs today at Island Bay. Jayden and Nairn were up most of the way in their match before going down 11-12 to Shane Duncan and Gavin McLeod (Tawa). The Victoria pair were up 11-7 after 13 of the 16 ends…

  • Wellington superb at National Intercentre

    The National Intercentre was held in Christchurch last weekend, with Wellington sides in outstanding form. The Women’s side lost only 1 of their 15 section play games in qualifying for the quarter finals. However, they came up against Bay of Plenty in the quarter final and were eliminated loosing the Singles and Pairs. The Men’s…